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Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan Getting Familiar with the Armtabs and Armphones Produced by the TSD Company 22 YEARS The #10 Noah’s Ark (1098) 21 March 2016 Published Since 1993 Weekly Newspaper HIGHLIGHTS ÜáÛÛ³Ý î³å³Ý ß³μ³Ã³Ã»ñà (³Ý·É. / ýñ³Ýë.) Prime Minister Hovik Abrahamyan Getting Familiar with the ArmTabs and ArmPhones Produced by the TSD Company see page 10 In This Issue Noyan Tapan Video Studio Armenian-Cypriot high-level talks p.2 is offering professional video and photography for indoor EU, Armenia hold seventh round and outdoor events such as weddings, birthday parties, of human rights dialogue p.5 official events, seminars and conferences. Tel: 060 27 64 62 Address: Isahakyan 28, 3rd floor, Yerevan 0009 Pope confirms planned visit to Armenia p.14 Armenia's Ererouyk, Ani Pemza Noyan Tapan Printing House among 7 most endangered is offering coloured and black and white offset and digital heritage sites in Europe p.16 printing of books, brochures, booklets, journals, etc with Shadowmatic puzzle wins two prizes at 12th high quality and low prices Tel: 060 27 64 62 International Mobile Gaming Awards p.20 Address: Isahakyan 28, 3rd floor, Yerevan 0009 21 March #10 (1098) 2016 2 www.nt.am The Noyan Tapan Highlights POLITICS Armenian-Cypriot high-level talks Armenia fully supports efforts to solve the Cyprus problem on the basis of United Nations' resolutions, President Serzh Sargsyan said on March 15. The Armenian president headed a delegation on an official visit to Cyprus. Following a tete-a-tete meeting with his Cypriot counterpart Nicos Anastasiades, three agreements between the two coun- tries were signed. The first was an intergovernmental agreement for the mutu- al recognition of diplomas of study, while the other two were cooperation programmes for Education and Sciences, as well as Culture, for the period 2016-2020. The agreements were signed by Cypriot Education minister Costas Kadis, and Armenian Education minister Levon Mkrtchyan and Culture minister Hasmik Poghosyan. ciples of the European Union, fully protecting the human rights Speaking after the signing, both Anastasiades and Sargsyan of all its residents, Greek Cypriot or Turkish Cypriot," praised the level of bilateral relations between the two coun- Anastasiades said. tries. "What is being sought is not a solution that leaves winners The Armenian president welcomed the support Cyprus has and losers, but one that creates prospects for the future of every- shown his country, evident in the visits by both Anastasiades one living in Cyprus." and House Speaker Yiannakis Omirou, as well as the voting of Anastasiades pointed out that the brotherly bonds between a resolution by Cypriot parliament for the criminalisation of Cyprus and Armenia are primarily affirmed by the active pres- denying the Armenian genocide. ence of the Armenian community in Cyprus, which, although Sargsyan also thanked the people of Cyprus for reaffirming harmoniously assimilated into Cypriot culture, continues to their support and solidarity to the Armenian people on the cen- honour its own culture, heritage, language and religious identi- tennial anniversary of the Armenian genocide last year. ty. He added that he appreciates Cyprus' position on the issue of He added that Cyprus is a steadfast supporter of the Nagorno-Karabakh, and noted that his country supports a solu- strengthening of Armenia's ties with the European Union in tion of the Cyprus problem on the basis of UN resolutions. every aspect of cooperation. "I hope there won't be any obtrusive interfering, and that Anastasiades assured his Armenian counterpart that Cyprus President Anastasiades' systematic efforts will yield results looks forward to further strengthening relations between Cyprus soon," Sargsyan said. and Armenia, which are "not merely close and sincere, but pri- Anastasiades said the two men informed each other on the marily fraternal". Cyprus problem and the Nagorno-Karabakh dispute. Following the speeches, Anastasiades hosted a dinner in "What we are after is a solution that is imbued by the prin- honour of the Armenian president. Armenia, Greece tied by history and traditions: Presidents Sargsyan and Pavlopoulos meet in Athens The Presidents of Armenia and Greece the Middle East and the humanitarian dis- They have fought side by side to earn their Serzh Sargsyan and Prokopios aster it has caused, consequences of the right to living. As adherents of the same Pavlopoulos discussed a wide range of migrant crisis, which has become a pan- values and morality, they stand side by side issues as they met in Athens on March 14. European issue and a serious challenge to today to earn their right to survive and The leaders of the two countries Greece. flourish. We continue to build on this lega- referred to issues on bilateral and global Following the face-to face meeting, cy to reinforce the Armenian-Greek friend- agenda, cooperation within the framework President Pavlopoulos of Greece hosted an ship." of international organizations, develop- official dinner in honor of the Armenian President Sargsyan said the two coun- ment of Armenian-Greek cooperation in a President. tries have a rich bilateral agenda - from number of fields of mutual interest, inter- "Armenians and Greeks are more than political dialogue to cooperation in the parliamentary ties, international recogni- friends. They are tied by common history fields of education and culture. "We're tion and condemnation of the Armenian and traditions," President Sargsyan said at actively cooperating in the military sphere. Genocide, settlement of the Karabakh con- the dinner. Greece is an important partner in Armenia- flict. "As two ancient civilizations, the EU relations. The periodic reciprocal visits The Presidents discussed the Armenia- Armenian and Hellenic people have provide an opportunity to outline new per- EU relations and the role of friendly worked and created side by side, leaving spectives of cooperation. A vivid example Greece in their development, the crisis in their trace on the pages of world history. is my current visit, which aims to raise our 21 March #10 (1098) 2016 POLITICS The Noyan Tapan Highlights www.nt.am 3 economic cooperation to a new level based on the existing poten- tial," President Sargsyan concluded. President Pavlopoulos noted, in turn, that the Armenian President's visit is yet another testament to the high level and extreme importance of political, economic and cultural relations between the two countries. "The two peoples survived sufferings at the turn of the 20th century because of the same reason. We'll not forget the Armenian genocide of 1915. We're glad to be one of the few countries to have given refuge to deportee Armenians and one of the first countries to have recognized the Armenia Genocide. On the other hand, the Armenian Parliament has recog- nized the genocide against the Pontian Greeks. We must keep in mind that historic memory is important for the collective con- sciousness of the humanity, also as for the future of the mankind. President Sargsyan agreed that "commemoration and condem- Under the conditions of the current crisis we must remember the nation of genocides pursue the aim of preventing future genocides past not as a means of seeding hatred, but as a tool of escaping and demonstrating that our enemies have not succeeded in their such tragedies in the future," the Greek President said. plans to annihilate a whole nation." Turkish Foreign Ministry reacts angrily to Greek, Armenian Genocide comments The Turkish Foreign Ministry on the 20th century the two peoples endured Armenian Foreign Ministry spokesman. March 18 accused Greece and Armenia of tragic moments for the same reason." "Making denialism the pivot of state policy demonstrating their "joint hostility" "The statements in question are the does not rid Turkey of the responsibility to towards Turkey during Armenian President products of a pathetic mentality proving face its own history." Serzh Sargsyan's official visit to Athens that the relations and solidarity between Greece officially recognized the 1915 earlier this week. Greece and Armenia is built upon a joint Armenian massacres in Ottoman Turkey as The ministry spokesman, Tanju Bilgic, hostility and slander language directed genocide in 1999. In 2014, it also enacted a condemned references to the World War against the Turkish identity," charged the law making it a crime to publicly deny this One-era mass killings of Armenians and Turkish Foreign Ministry spokesman. and other genocides. The Armenian parlia- Greeks in Ottoman Turkey which were "Turkey and the Turkish people will ment, for its part, unanimously passed last made by Greek President Prokopis never give credit to those bringing to the year a resolution condemning "the geno- Pavlopoulos and Prime Minister Alexis fore at every opportunity a dictum of histo- cide of Greeks and Assyrians perpetrated Tsipras during their separate meetings with ry which is unlawful, disconnected with in the Ottoman Empire in 1915-1923." Serzh Sargsyan. realities, one-sided and obsessive," he The International Association of At a joint news conference with added in a statement. Genocide Scholars similarly concluded in Sargsyan, Tsipras spoke of Greeks' and Official Yerevan rejected the Turkish 2007 that "the Ottoman campaign against Armenians' "history of suffering and perse- criticism on Friday. "The centuries-old Christian minorities of the Empire between cution," saying that both peoples were vic- friendship between the Armenian and 1914 and 1923 constituted a genocide tims of genocide perpetrated by the Greek peoples is based on their interwoven against Armenians, Assyrians, and Pontic Ottoman Turks. Pavlopoulos, for his part, fate and many manifestations of mutual and Anatolian Greeks." Successive Turkish reportedly stated that "at the beginning of support," said Tigran Balayan, the governments have vehemently denied this. Two Artsakh soldiers killed by Azerbaijani gunfire in the day, at around 5:30 p.m., another March 18, the Azerbijani Army fired Karabakh soldier, Hovhannes Razmiki more than 600 shots from different cal- Harutyunyan (b.
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